Official UK procurement notice
Regaining situational awareness as a User in Charge: Responding to transition demands in automated vehicles
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe continuation of research into Regaining situational awareness as a User in Charge: Responding to transition demands in automated vehicles started under a previous contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jul 2025, 18:10 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 11:10 BST
- Authority reference
TFTS3026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072608- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05643fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This contract is for the continuation of research that was previously carried out under an alternative contract. The previous prime contractor was unable to continue the reseearch so we are now contracting with the sub-contractors to continue the research. The sub-contractors have unique technical capabilities and access to equipment to continue the research.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 31 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published89 days ago31 Jul 2026, 11:10 BST
Notice history
9 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published22 Jul 2025, 18:10 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Aug 2025, 16:35 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 Aug 2025, 09:53 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published12 Jan 2026, 15:20 GMTUK10
- Contract change proposed12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTTo coincide with a related project that needs to be completed for this one to be completed effectively.
- Contract change notice published30 Mar 2026, 10:32 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published26 May 2026, 10:24 BSTUK10
- Contract termination notice published31 Jul 2026, 11:10 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 12 Jan 2026
- 2025-08: 2 releases · 5 Aug 2025, 21 Aug 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 22 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrometric Solutions Ltd19 Aug 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 | £145,624 | 5 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Anthrometric Solutions Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Aug 2025
- Value
- £147,874
- Period
- 27 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £147,874
- Termination
- contractCompleted
- Change 26 May 2026 The variation will allow the final report to be transferred to the new DfT template and for appropriate quality assurance checks to take place before finalisation
- Change 30 Mar 2026 To conclude with a related project that needs to be completed for this one to be completed effectively.
- Change proposed 12 Jan 2026 To coincide with a related project that needs to be completed for this one to be completed effectively., new end date 31 Mar 2026
No agreed KPIs: Performance and payment linked to fixed milestone deliverables.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Anthrometric Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender